The livewire Bombers forward actually came out last year to reveal his surname was pronounced “Fan-ta-see-ah”, but it wasn’t until his skipper Dyson Heppell reaffirmed the point that Channel 7’s commentary team changed how they called his name.

All of Channel 7’s commentary team that is, except for one Brian Taylor.

We had a chat to GWS Giants utility Dylan Buckley (who also hosts a great podcast of his own called Dyl and Friends) on Game of Codes to find out how players feel about getting names right.

Buckley also spoke to us about why he feels players are more comfortable talking to other players – as opposed to reporters – as well as his chance meeting with legendary Aussie cricketers Mitchell Starc and Nathan Lyon.

When Dylan Shiel, who is the most maligned he’s ever been and also playing the best football of his career, kicked consecutive fourth-quarter goals to seemingly end Fremantle’s bleak resistance, things started to make a bit of sense for Essendon.